Pottsville boxing trainer Billy Lowe has brought his fighters and joined with David "Diamond Dream" Beck at the club founded by Beck and his wife Tammy more than 10 years ago.

"Billy brings a lot of experience with him," Beck said. "A lot of great champions have come through Billy. His sons alone are quality champions. I'm honored just to have him associate with me and even be a part of this. It was a blessing when he came, and I look forward to working together a lot. He works with a lot of my kids real well. I work with a lot of his kids real well. Also he's given me the run of his sons, who are Bryan and Ethan. I am the head coach over them and they will abide by Dream Team rules, and everything Dream Team stands for."

Two of Lowe's fighters have been making a name for themselves around the Arkansas River Valley, and will now help advance the Dream Team Boxing club. Brad "Firecracker" Hill, who was one of Beck's first students, is a professional boxer and has proven himself a quality fighter and Ethan Lowe, Billy's son, has been impressive in the youth circuit.

"Brad brings his experience and his knowledge, his wife and his kids. His wife is an experienced boxer as well," Beck said. "They're on the pro circuit and they'll be here training, so we'll be getting stronger in the professional rankings. And we'll be taking on more professional fights. We've got professionals coming in and training with us on certain days and we're going to have it where we travel with them a lot."

Lowe isn't the only River Valley trainer joining forces with Beck to further the sport of boxing in the area. James Rankin, a longtime trainer in Dardanelle, is bringing his vast experience and a host of fighters to the fold.

"We were growing and now we have different coaches coming in," Beck continued. "We have coach (James) Rankin coming in now. He's an old-school boxer that's been around for years and is respected in the area. He trained John Freeman. John Freeman is one of the Dream Team coaches. He's on leave for now because he was sick, but he's coming back. But (Rankin) is coming in from Dardanelle, and he's bringing a different insight with old-school punching. Bringing in grinding and pushing and pivoting and bringing it up from the floors. We've got a lot of growing that's going to be happening in a lot of different ways. We've got a lot of good talent coming out of this gym now. Coach Rankin has brought a lot of good (fighters) from Dardanelle. They'll start Thursday and will be joining the team as well. They work out about two nights a week. They believe in a lot of the things I believe in.

"He believes in a lot of the Christian beliefs, which he is a preacher. I respect him for that and it brings a lot more to the table for us. He can do our prayers and be our (chaplain) so to speak. He'll instill strength, courtesy and honor (into our boxers)."

With the addition of Lowe and Rankin, Dream Team Boxing has increased its number of coaches to six. The head trainer will be Beck, with Lowe his right-hand man and Rankin another top-notch trainer. Tammy, who the fighters refer to affectionately as "Queen," has been Beck's assistant since they started the team, and is joined by fellow assistants Brian Westbrook and Alicia Kershaw.

With the addition of two new coaches and a bunch of fighters, Beck decided they needed to move from their gym on East E Street to a larger facility located at the corner of West 2nd Street and Boulder Avenue behind Gerardo's Garage.

"We've been here for probably a week now," Beck said. "We got everything moved in and set up. We got Mr. Lowe to come over and help me, and we've been working really hard to get things going for these kids."

The new gym is larger, with room for their full-size boxing ring along with a practice ring, weight machines, heavy bags, speed bags and equipment storage.

Dream Team Boxing will be back in action next week when Ethan and Bryan Lowe, Sabrina "Lil' Bear" Chmiel and Brittany Jones will head to Kansas City for the Ringside World Championships on Aug. 2-7 at the KCI Expo Center.